John Bednarczyk has found a hot seat at his new table and after a couple big pots he now finds himself at the top of the leaderboard.
On a board reading and with around 5,800 in the middle already, Bednarczyk moved all in for 9,400 from early position. His opponent thought for a couple minutes before eventually making the call for his remaining 6,300.
Bednarczyk:
Opponent:
Bednarczyk had the win locked up with the ace-high flush and scooped a big pot.
In the very next hand after joking around with his next opponent, Sunni Pil about being the chip leader, Bednarczyk woke up with another monster. After the flop came , Bednarczyk moved all in with and Pil called with . Unfortunately for Pil, her pocket jacks were not able to catch up and she was sent to the rail as well.
Bednarczyk now sits with over 31,000 chips heading into the first break of the day.
Molly Mossey was grinding a short stack before the break, and explained how she found a double-up a few hands ago.
The player under the gun raised to 700, and Mossey moved all in for 1,800 in the big blind. The initial raiser called.
Mossey tabled while her opponent held . Mossey outflopped her opponent by pairing her four, and made aces up on the turn for good measure. She now sits just below the starting stack.
Christopher Perez looked down at his hole cards and found himself holding . Luckily for him, his opponent also held a top starting hand with which Perez had dominated. The two players got all the chips in the middle preflop.
The board ran out and Perez's pocket queens were able to hold on, sending his opponent to the rail.
Play is reaching the end of Level 5, and that means late registration will be closing soon. Late registration will officially be closed at the end of Level 6 in approximately 40 minutes. There are already 642 entries in Event #1 so far, and still some time left to get in on the action.
Poker commentator David Tuchman has jumped in the field for a shot at gold here in the Casino Employee event.
Tuchman, from Los Angeles, California, is known for commentating on WSOP final tables in past years, in addition to various poker shows on the West Coast. He also has his own podcast and is known to play a lot of cash games in his spare time.
Tuchman has over $161,000 in earnings, with his biggest career cash totaling $51,435 in the L.A. Poker Classic in 2007. He looks to book his first official career win and add a coveted gold bracelet to his respected poker résumé.
Level 6 has just begun, which means registration will close at the end of this level. Players who have been eliminated already have just 30 more minutes to re-enter.
and with around 5,800 in the middle already, Bednarczyk moved all in for 9,400 from early position. His opponent thought for a couple minutes before eventually making the call for his remaining 6,300. 
, Bednarczyk moved all in with 
while her opponent held 
. Luckily for him, his opponent also held a top starting hand with 
which Perez had dominated. The two players got all the chips in the middle preflop. 
and Perez's pocket queens were able to hold on, sending his opponent to the rail.
